Homeland Security Law - A Primer

This book addresses the essential elements of homeland security law including: branches of government and institutions involved in counter-terrorism law; border control and immigration; surveillance; preventive detention and habeas corpus; cyberterrorism; and military detention and military commissions.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 – The Counterterrorism Enterprise; Chapter 2 – President Bush and Mass Surveillance; Chapter 3 – Mass Surveillance Today; Chapter 4 – Securing the Borders; Chapter 5 – Airline Security and the No Fly List; Chapter 6 – Investigating Individual Suspects; Chapter 7 – The Trial; Chapter 8 – Military Detention and Interrogation; Chapter 9 – Military Commissions: Trials; Chapter 10 – Protection Against Being 'Disappeared'; Select Bibliography; Index

About the author

Tyll van Geel is Earl B. Taylor Professor Emeritus, University of Rochester.

Summary

This book addresses the essential elements of homeland security law including: branches of government and institutions involved in counter-terrorism law; border control and immigration; surveillance; preventive detention and habeas corpus; cyberterrorism; and military detention and military commissions.

Product details

• Authors: Tyll van Geel, Tyll van Geel, Tyll (University of Rochester Van Geel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138238046
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23804-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, International Law, LAW / Government / General, Warfare & defence, Terrorism, armed struggle, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Legal aspects of criminology, Warfare and defence, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Criminology: legal aspects, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general